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Ushuaia & la Tierra del Fuego

We did not think we would go so far so late in the season, but once we had reached the Argentine glaciers, we could not resist pushing a little further to Torres del Paine, and once there, we were not very far from Punta Arenas and once in Punta Arenas, we were only 3 hours by boat from the Land of Fire… All in all, we ended up one morning at 8am sharp, ready to embark to Porvenir and the Chilean Tierra del Fuego.

We finish our short night with a nap in the cosy passengers cabin. And when we wake up, bright sun shines, unexpected! Even more unexpected, we meet a group of dolphins that make us a welcome dance / swim. Awesome 🙂

Nevertheless, we don’t linger too much, the weather can change very quickly here, we had better enjoy the sun to move towards our destination, Ushuaia! We follow a dirt road along the Strait of Magellan, and we can feel that we are reaching the end of the world.

A customs transit and a few hours drive later (Patagonia is shared between Chile and Argentina), we continue our trip on the Argentine side, and it feels decidedly closer and closer to the end of the world, the excitement is at its peak!

When we reach Tolhuin, about 100 km from Ushuaia, the night begins to fall. We ask about the road conditions. Bikers we met along the way had snow a few days earlier at Paso Garibaldi, the pass that leads to Ushuaia. But now, the police are formal, the road is clear and dry, we can go safely. We hesitate a bit because we always avoid driving at night , but we don’t want to take the risk of being stuck the next morning, so we go on, and we make it, we arrive in Ushuaia! 🙂

Panaderia (bakery) break in Tolhuin to enjoy good empanadas, pastries and chocolates. We need calories to resist the cold! All Argentines take pictures in front of the bakery, we don’t know why it is so famous but we do the same.

Couldn’t have dreamt of a better honeymoon in the world! 😉 We are now heading to the second roof of the world in Bolivia. And plan to continue our trip in South America all the way to Columbia. What about you, thinking of going home or not yet?